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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr. Coin Lover, post: 742604, member: 16060&quot;]Maybe this has already been posted, and I missed it.&nbsp; I&#039;m curious what members think of this year. I have listed some of the things I saw and remember:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Lincoln Cents- First time ever the mint did something like this with the cent.&nbsp; Lot of hype and at least in the beginning selling for prices over the top in my opinion. These coins have been hoarded by the millions. I wonder if any other coin has a higher number hoarded away.&nbsp; Some people did quite well flipping these.&nbsp; Also the original copper content was a interesting aspect added by the mint.&nbsp; My favorites of the four are the Fomative Years and the Professional Life. The mint cashed in with the &quot;frenzy&quot; selling roll sets and later issuing a cent only proof set, I think the latter took many by surprise.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.&nbsp; Lincoln Silver Dollar- In my opinion a beautiful coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think anyone doubted these would be sell out, and they were sold out rather quickly.&nbsp; Actually it took a little longer than I thought it would.&nbsp; Lot of speculation on these about what their future will be, I&#039;ll be keeping mine regardless.</p><p><br /></p><p>3.&nbsp; Lincoln Chronicle Set- Another item I don&#039;t think anyone doubted would be a sellout, and currently selling at a definite premium on ebay.&nbsp; I just feel lucky I was able to get one.&nbsp; To me one of the best packaging jobs ever done by the mint.&nbsp; I think many people ordered one of these from the mint as a first time ordering directly from the mint.&nbsp; Lot of speculation here also on the future of this set, I just think it is quite beautiful and well done by the mint, I&#039;ll be keeping mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>4.&nbsp; The Sacagawea Dollar changed to Native American with a yearly different reverse, and year taken off the obverse.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure how popular this series is with collectors.&nbsp; I did get one at the bank.&nbsp; If is remember correctly a few commented on CT they were very impressed with the appearance of this coin in proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>5.&nbsp; No ASE proof or satin finish burnished dye minted this year.&nbsp; First time not done since they started, took most by surprise.&nbsp; Highest mintage to date I think for the &#039;09 bullion coin since it began in &#039;86.</p><p><br /></p><p>6.&nbsp; No platinum coins, only gold was the Buffalo Gold fifty dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>7.&nbsp; Largest mint and proof sets ever made due to the cents and quarters.</p><p><br /></p><p>8.&nbsp; The &#039;09 quarter set, a one year issue of six quarters.&nbsp; I personally think they are very beautiful and unique. Very low mintages on the business strikes.&nbsp; The silver and clad proofs are the only coins I have never owned in PF70, I really am very happy with them.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a big fan of slabbed coins, but I wanted to own a set of something in &quot;70&quot;, chose these and glad I did.&nbsp; I also the &#039;09 quarters have been overlooked and overshadowed by the cent this year, only time will tell.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>9.&nbsp; Coins made for circulation having very low mintages, our economy causing them to not be needed.&nbsp; Even the nickel and dime in business strike were at least for awhile this year bringing hudge premiums.&nbsp; Not sure what they are selling for now. </p><p><br /></p><p>10. The coin market itself.&nbsp; Many people feel it has gone down or stayed about the same. I read an article just the other day this might be the best time ever to buy the seated series.</p><p><br /></p><p>11. Coin Talk surpassed twenty-thousand members.&nbsp; The site shut down for a few days causing many to have withdrawal problems.&nbsp; We lost Peter for a few days, but was found by Doug dealing black jack in Reno, welcome back Peter.</p><p><br /></p><p>12. My son became a coin collector also.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no doubt I got everything, certainly didn&#039;t go into great detail, curious if anyone has anything to add or give their opinions on.&nbsp; For collectors that have been around for a &quot;long&quot; time, any other years to compare with this one?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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